Honestly, Honda has to be one of the most overrated car companies in America. On the other hand, Hondas aren't the only tuner favorites. Nonetheless, I always say that the Civics on the road are as popular as Porsches in road racing. Don't say that these little Civics are pains in the asses of the American auto market. And please don't talk about "rice rocket this, rice rocket that..."
Certainly, there is no excuse to belittle these cars just because of them being modded. It only means that a person chose such a car for its popularity and driving dynamics. Very few people actually learn to appreciate such machines, even if they don't go fast. If you cannot appreciate these cars no matter what tuning happens, you're the scumm of the American auto market. Can't we all get along?
Okay, if you are wondering why my sentences don't seem to make sense, I want you to take a closer look at them. The first letters of each of the last ten sentences spell out the name of a car. So if you are a good speller, you'll see that:
H-O-N-D-A C-I-V-I-C spells: "Honda Civic!" Anyhow, people will modify cars to their delight and perhaps Japanese cars do it best. Some people don't have the money or heart for a muscle car. Heck, if I wanted a car, I'd like either a Mini Cooper, or I'd probably check out the Mazda 3. And even they aren't fast. But the overall problem lies in how people would be perceived in America if they have cars with fancy bodywork. I mean, a person that has an Accord with a bodykit that looks more like a Mercedes-Benz DTM race car and stereo and NOS doesn't mean that the person should be belittled. I mean, if a person doesn't want their machine to go faster than it's supposed to be, the owner's choice. If a person doesn't want their machine to look faster than it goes, then that person's decision. If you're living in America, you can't expect everyone to be into the same cars. Heck, in my Sports Illustrated magazine as I was looking up pictures of Anna Kournikova (no wonder sports guys like her), there was a Miller Lite foldout, and later on in the selections, basically the foldout was about choices to make. One of them was "Chevy or Ford?" And I mean, again. You can't expect everyone to get into American cars and leave others behind. And if you drive an American car, do you respect other cars, or are you prideful of Americana that anything from Germany, Italy, or dare I say, Japan? When I first got into cars, I got into the Camaro. I thought the 1994 and up Camaros were sweet. Before they stopped producing them, I liked the 2000 Camaro RS. It had a racy look to it. I think the latest Camaro SS was a good car as well. The only reason I didn't like it was because it didn't come in metallic red in GT2 or GT3.
There are even Japanese people who like American cars, but going through Chats and putting up with haters, some American people just dislike anything from Japan. I'm not a Honda fanatic, but when I got into the Element, the 2-door Accord, and the Civic hatchback at the Houston Auto Show, I thought all three were cool, and the Civic Si had a cool rally-style shifter. It was like a tuner car you could buy. And again, the only complaint I'll take about why Americans dislike Japanese cars is if they cannot fit into a small Japanese car. Other than that, a car is a car is a car. Period point blank. Post #725 complete. Reply on.